Kannur (Kerala): The Kerala police on Wednesday registered criminal cases against three women for casting more than one vote at the Pillathara polling booth in Kasargode Lok Sabha constituency on April 23. Kerala voted for all its 20 Lok Sabha seats on April 23. The case was registered by Pariyaram police station against Panchayat member […]
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One Indian among 207 killed in Sri Lanka bloodbath
Colombo: At least 207 people were killed and 469 injured when eight suicide bombings, mainly in Colombo, ravaged Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in the island’s bloodiest day since the civil war ended a decade ago. An Indian woman was among the dead. Sri Lanka declared a nationwide curfew and placed curbs on social media to […]
Kerala woman killed in Colombo blast
Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala woman holidaying in Colombo was among those killed in suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, authorities here said. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed condolences over the death of 58-year-old P.S. Razeena, who arrived in the Sri Lankan capital along with her husband to meet their relatives engaged in business in Colombo. […]
Veteran Kerala politician K.M. Mani dead
Kochi: Veteran Kerala politician K.M. Mani, who never lost any Assembly election since 1967, died on Tuesday evening at a private hospital here, doctors said. The 86-year-old was undergoing treatment for a lung ailment since his admission to the hospital last week. Mani’s party is the biggest ally of the Congress in the United Democratic […]
Rahul files nomination in Kerala, thousands cheer him
Wayanad (Kerala): Thousands gave a rousing welcome to Congress President Rahul Gandhi who filed his Lok Sabha nomination from Wayanad in Kerala on Thursday morning. Arriving on a helicopter from Kozhikode, Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi drove to the Wayanad Collector’s office some 500 meters away, all the time cheered by people packing both […]
Decided to contest also from Kerala because south India feels ‘hostility’ from PM: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that he had decided to contest also from Kerala because south India feels “hostility” from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Asked why he was also being fielded by his party from Wayanad in Kerala apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, Gandhi told the media here: “South India feels […]
Rahul senses loss in Amethi, so shifting seat to Kerala: BJP
Lucknow: Stepping up attack on Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his decision to contest from Amethi and Wayanad in Kerala, Mohsin Raza, the lone Muslim Minister in Yogi Adityanath government on Sunday said that he has sensed his defeat from Uttar Pradesh. “For the first time he has sensed his defeat in Amethi and that is […]
Six-year-old West Nile Virus patient dead in Kerala
Kozhikode (Kerala): A six-year-old boy, who was being treated for West Nile Virus (WNV) disease here, passed away on Monday, said Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja. The boy hailing from Malappuram district was under treatment for fever at the state-run Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode since earlier in March. He was diagnosed with WNV last […]
‘Rapist’ Kerala priest gets 60 years in jail
Kannur (Kerala) : A 51-year-old Kerala Catholic priest Robin Vadakkumchery on Saturday was sentenced to 60 years in jail in three different cases of rape and abuse of minor girls. Thalassery Judge P.N. Vinod also fined the priest from the Mananthavady diocese in Wayanad district Rs 3 lakh after it was established that he had […]
Modi to kick-off 2019 polls campaign on Jan 6 in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (2 Min Read) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive at Pathanamthitta in Kerala on January 6 to kick-off the campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a senior BJP leader said on Thursday. Speaking to the media here, Kerala BJP President P.S. Sreedharan Pillai said Modi will arrive in Pathanamthitta from Andhra Pradesh. […]